A fascinating collection of bizarre but true stories from nearly 200 years of railway history.Right from the very start, when George Stephenson's famous Rocket knocked over and …
The story of the 19th-century ice trade, in which ice from the lakes of New England - valued for its incredible purity - revolutionised domestic life around the world.In the days …
A glorious insight into the history, landscape and people of Britain, from The Sunday Times bestseller.George Stephenson's Liverpool & Manchester Railway was the first in the world …
Your morning flat-white helped shape the modern world'Elegantly written, witty and so wide in scope, so rich in detail and so thought provoking' Joanna BlythmanIt may seem like …
A biography of an unsung Victorian hero, Joseph Paxton was the man behind the garden design at Chatsworth and the Crystal Palace at the Great Exhibition of 1851.The Victorians …
The sequel to the bestselling Silvertown, which tells the story of Aunt Daisy, and all the other Aunt Daisys - the locals of the old East End.For more than a century, hopping was …
The Sunday Times BestsellerA glorious insight into Britain over the last 150 years - its history, landscape and people - from the window of Britain's many and magnificent railway …
'If there is one dominant myth about the world, one huge mistake we all make ... it is that we all go around assuming the world is much more of a planned place than it is.'From the …
The delicious true story of the early chocolate pioneers by the award-winning writer, and direct descendant of the famous chocolate dynasty, Deborah CadburyIn 'Chocolate Wars' …
This is Joan's story, one of four stories from The Sugar Girls.During the Blitz and the years of rationing, the Sugar Girls kept Britain sweet. The work was back-breakingly hard, …
